Ephesians 3:2

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Summary

Ephesians 3:2

If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward:

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The dispensation

Bible References

Ye

if so be that ye have heard him and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus,

For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in Judaism, how that beyond measure I was persecuting and destroying the congregation of God

since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the charity which ye have toward all the saints,

unto which I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles.

The dispensation

Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of the Christ

But unto each one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of the Christ.

But the Lord said unto him, Go; for he is a chosen vessel unto me, to bear my name before the Gentiles and kings and the sons of Israel;

As they ministered to the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work unto which I have called them.

And he said unto me, Depart, for I will send thee far from here unto the Gentiles.

delivering thee from the people and from the Gentiles, unto whom now I send thee

By whom we have received the grace and the apostleship, to cause the faith to be obeyed among all the Gentiles in his name,

For (I call you Gentiles) inasmuch as I am truly the apostle of the Gentiles, my honorable ministry,

Therefore I say through the grace given unto me, to all those that are among you not to obtain more knowledge than is prudent to know, but to obtain knowledge with temperance, each one according to the measure of faith that God has dealt.

Nevertheless I have written, brethren, in part boldly, as admonishing you by the grace that is given to me of God,

Let us reckon men as ministers of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

For if I do this thing willingly, I have a reward; but if against my will, the stewardship of the gospel is committed unto me.

But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb and called me by his grace,

(for he that showed himself forth in Peter for apostleship of the circumcision, the same also showed himself forth in me toward the Gentiles);

of which I am made a minister by the dispensation of God which is given to me in you, to fulfil the word of God,

according to the gospel of the glory of the blessed God, which was committed to my trust.

of which I am ordained a preacher and an apostle (I speak the truth in Christ and do not lie), a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

unto which I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles.